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William Alexander Clouston

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Name
  
William Clouston

Role
  
Biographer

Died
  
October 23, 1896


Books
  
Book of Wise Sayings, Flowers from a Persian G, The book of noodles, Literary coincidences A booksta, Popular Tales and Fictions

William Alexander Clouston (1843 – 23 October 1896) was a Scottish 19th century folklorist from Orkney..

A Supplement to Alliborne's Dictionary (1891, pp. 349–350), as quoted in Folklore, gives the following biographical information:

b. 1843, at Stromness, Orkney Islands, of an old Norse family, in early life was engaged in commercial pursuits in Glasgow and London, but relinquished these to engage in journalism and literature; he edited several Scotch provincial newspapers, 1871-79, and is a writer for the Glasgow Herald, Evening Times, &c. He has given particular attention to Oriental fiction and folklore, and contributed to Sir R. F. Burton's "Supplemental Arabian Nights" analogues and variants of some of the tales in vols. I-III.

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